The Inquisition (Captain Scarlet episode)

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“The Inquisition”
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 32
Written by Tony Barwick
Directed by Ken Turner
Production no. 31
Original airdate May 14, 1968
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"The Inquisition" is the 32nd and final episode of the Supermarionation television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. It was the 31st episode to be produced. Its original UK air date was May 14, 1968 on ATV Midlands. It was written by Tony Barwick and directed by Ken Turner. It is a clip show episode.

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[edit] Synopsis

Captain Blue is drugged and apparently goes missing for three months. Regaining consciousness on Cloudbase, he is ordered by a Spectrum Intelligence agent to prove his identity by revealing top-secret cipher codes.

[edit] Plot

Dining at a restaurant with Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue drinks drugged coffee and disappears. Meanwhile, the Mysterons warn Spectrum that a member of their organisation will betray them all.

Blue regains consciousness in what appears to be the Cloudbase control room facing a man who introduces himself as Colgan, a Spectrum Intelligence agent. Colgan tells Blue that he has been missing for three months and must now prove his identity by giving details of the Spectrum cipher codes. Blue refuses to hand over this top-secret information and instead tries to prove who he is by describing a number of Spectrum's operations against the Mysterons. However, none of these recollections is enough to persuade Colgan: Blue's account of the Mysteron attempt to destroy London ("Big Ben Strikes Again") is dismissed as useless; the story of the mission to destroy the Mysteron complex on the Moon ("Crater 101") is rejected due to its heavy publicity in the media. Meanwhile, the Mysteron plot to assassinate Earth’s top military commanders ("The Trap"), despite never being reported in the press, is also rebuffed.

Increasingly suspicious of Colgan's demands that he reveal the codes, Blue tries to leave the control room, but is blocked by a man armed with a gun and a syringe containing a truth-telling drug. Realising that he is being held by Mysteron agents, Blue escapes by smashing through an observation window and finds that the Cloudbase control room is actually a fake constructed inside a warehouse. Captain Scarlet arrives in an SPV and destroys the building with the vehicle's cannon, informing Blue that he has only been missing for a few hours.

[edit] Cast

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[edit] Guest voice cast

In speaking order; for this episode:

"Big Ben Strikes Again":

"Crater 101":

  • Linda Nolan — Sylvia Anderson
  • Frazer — David Healy
  • Shroeder — Jeremy Wilkin

"The Trap":

  • Commodore Goddard — David Healy
  • Holt — Gary Files

[edit] Goofs

  • When played in slow-motion, a gloved hand can be seen hurling the Captain Blue puppet out of the fake Cloudbase’s observation window as he escapes from the Mysteron agents.[1]

[edit] Notes

  • This is the only episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons to feature neither Colonel White nor the real Cloudbase.
  • Due to The Inquisition consisting mainly of flashbacks, just 11 minutes of new material was filmed for this episode.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Bentley, Chris (2001). The Complete Book of Captain Scarlet. Carlton Books, p.90. ISBN 1-84222-405-0. 

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